[TexasCowboy]

I never took it either.
My drug of choice was alcohol until it nearly killed me.

Quite often one leads to the other, and I always had a lot of compassion for those who could handle the withdrawal from alcohol, but couldn't handle giving up the other drugs at the same time. They led a miserable life.

[FITZ]

Well --- I know I have far more compassion for the drug users than for the drug dealers. I doubt anyone sits down and decides to become addicted, addiction can take place quickly or over time ---- and it seems to me that addict might be trying to self-medicate for some kind of depression or emotional pain --- the traffickers only motivation is greed. So as much as the narcotrafficking Mexican government tries to blame the users in the USA entirely for this problem --- it's a weak argument. They chose greed and now have to live with the consequences.

[bayourod]

Y'all are thinking of crack, not coke. And that's not true for crack either. It's just so much stronger that even first time users can feel it. Tobacco and alcohol are also instant highs.

First time coke users usually can't see that it does anything. It often takes a half dozen times before people actually learn to distinguish the high.